The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-10-18
RARE AND RACY.
A Fond Youth and Fair Maid Gre.
ate a Little Sensation by
Eloping at Rich Hill.

Herald. 10Th.
Perhaps year ago-mayhsp not 60 long
as that-a young man claiming to hal
In Rich Hill. Beginning his career here a:
the shears, the razor and the lsther-brush
with varied success, but finally concluded
to 90 up higher. He was accordingly pro-
moted-and portion Of his time at least
he occupied the second floor. He became
the trusted porter of the Talmage House
and his name was mot Dennis. 1t was
Ernest Lewis.
Not many moons since rather pretty
young lady with good clothes and abund-
ant assurance arrived in Rich Hill, and
announced herself as skillful and accom-
plished pianist from Carthage, No, volun-
teering at the same time 10 give instruc-
tons either on piano or organ. Together
with her mother-and perhaps there were
minor members OF the fsmily-she lived in
rented rooms over the grocery store of A
J. Peters. The name of this young lady
was Miss Birdie Degarmo.
lime passed Cd, as time usually does,
and Ernest began TO cast longing glances
at Miss Birdie and we do not blame him.
His chances were returned, and youthful
friendship followed. This friendship, as
matter of course, succumbed ere long to
something stronger, and yesterday noon,
while all else was chill and somber, the
love of these two young hearts glowed
warm, and bright and radisnt-so much so
in fact that Ernest and his Birdie could no
longer re. train themselves, but felt that
the time for the happy elimination of
their two hearts fondest desire had ar
rived at its fullest fruition. Accordingly
they took the l1:30 Gulf train for Pleas
anton. This was a ruse. no doubt, to
throw pursuers of the track. At Pleas
anton they embarked on the Emporia line
for Butler, and there they had Just taken
overhauled by an officer. 1t seems the
girls mother had suspected something
amiss, and by some meas ascertained the
programme of the clipping couple. She
therefore put w. ii. Humans on their track
who speedily overhauled them by going up
to Butler on the 7:30 train and returning
with his prey on the 9:45 trairn
On arriving at the depot, the fond coup
lie were escorted into the ladies waiting
room, where the enraged mother was in
waiting for her truant daughter and her
would-be son. No sooner lad the inter-
view begun between them, however. till the
young mans intended mother-in.law
pounced upon him like hungry tigress
upon sacred calf, and toe boys who
stood at the window say she would have
done the young man up without gloves In
less time than il took Iollie Davis to
"knock out" Will Tabler little earlier in
the day with the highly padded mittens,
had not Officer Humans called slime" on
her The set-to, however, seems TO
have had the desired effect, as
shortly after, the cid lady convinced
the young people that it would be of mu-
tual interest for them to submit to her su-
perior judgment, and amid the mirth of
the multitude, marched them off to her
rooms, where all got along together some
way until the wee sma' hours" this morn
ing when we learn the aspiring son and
husband was fired bodily from the resr-of
the rooms. Since then We learn of no def
mite developments, except that Madame
Degarmo, the mother of the little heroine.